Jagjeet (Jeet) S. Bindra
chemical engineer
Jagjeet (Jeet) Bindra is a director of Edison International and one of the United States’ largest electric utilities, Southern California Edison. Jeet is also a member of the board of directors of LyondellBasell and WorleyParsons. Jeet currently chairs the University of Washington College of Engineering Visiting Committee. In the past Jeet was a member of the board of directors of Transocean, Larsen & Toubro. Reliance Petroleum, GS Caltex and Caltex Australia (as CEO and managing director). His career has included several senior executive roles in refinery operations, refinery and upstream engineering, strategic planning, capital projects and engineering technology.
Career
Edison International and Southern California Edison announced on April 22, 2010 Bindra's appointments to their boards. Edison International, headquartered in Rosemead, is the parent company of Southern California Edison.
Before his positions with Edison, Bindra served as president of Chevron Global Manufacturing from 2004 until he retired in 2009, during which time he led the company's worldwide manufacturing operations, including those of 19 refineries.
His entire career at Chevron spanned 32 years and began with his work there as a research engineer and progressed through increasing levels of leadership.
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